“So have you thought anymore about college? What do you feel like you would enjoy? What colleges do you want to attend?”, they both chime in to ask and seem quite eager, anticipating my response. I was visiting my grandparents for Christmas this past year. They relish in bombarding me with questions from the moment I enter their house until the moment I leave. Truthfully, I don’t mind the interrogation at all. In fact, I think it’s thoughtful they care about my life and have the desire to know what’s going on. So after we cover all of the evident topics, for instance, my current friends, grades, hobbies, current relationship status, but mainly, college.
“Yes, actually. I want to go into Cosmetology. I know there’s not a great deal of money that I would make at first but I’ve always wanted to become a salon business owner. I’ve always had a burning passion for it and that’s what I want to pursue”, I reply with slight hesitation. They both agreed that that would be a pleasant choice, but I could tell they were a bit let down. After all, they have been trying to persuade me into the medical field, and I'm not complaining. I love that they care so deeply. Sometimes I just wish they could genuinely understand how desperately I want to seek my dreams and how important it is to me.
This hasn’t just happened with my grandparents, either. For…show more content… This isn’t their life, it’s mine. So I will choose accordingly to what I want. I want to live my life without regret. That is my overall goal. Even though it's not exactly the most realistic objective I’ve had before, it definitely puts me in the right mindset. I know that I don't want to wake up 10-15 years from now regretting the decisions I made in high school because someone told me not to pursue what I had originally wanted, and I
